 Ditko |
 Crango |
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|---|---|---|
| Age | 61 weeks | 63 weeks |
| Date acquired from animal shelter | 03 May 2002 | 03 May 2002 |
| Selected from shelter by | Jennifer | me |
| Prefers | me | Jennifer |
| Basic temperament | Fussy | Spastic |
| Usual whereabouts | At bottom of stairs, demanding entertainment | On top of Jennifer's Ivar bookshelves |
| Whereabouts at 3am | Sleeping on my computer as I try to type on it | Taking up seven eighths of Jennifer's pillow |
| Typical utterance | "Mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer, mreer" | "Mraaaaah" |
| Purpose of typical utterance | Whine for attention | Mutter to self |
| Whiskers | Long and luxurious | Constantly breaking |
| Tail | Also long and luxurious | Thin and stubby with a kink at the tip |
| Claws | Get snagged on every item upon which they are employed | Efficiently shred furniture |
| Preferred beverage source | Sink or bathtub | Toilet |
| Reaction to cat food | Attempts to stick head in bag | Makes disgusted burying motion |
| Reaction to cat treats | Total apathy | Running, begging, devouring, drooling |
| Reaction to laser pointer being picked up from table | Frantic chattering | Looks around for inevitable red dot |
| Reaction to glimpse of a spider | Searches for spider for days afterward | Out of sight, out of mind |
| Reaction to toy mice | Obsessive pursuit | Bemusement |
| When toy mice are thrown through air | Will snatch from midair and stuff in mouth | Gets hit in nose |
| When cats are tussling | Attempts to wash Crango | Attempts to bite Ditko |
| When held belly-up | Stretches into javelin-straight projectile | Squirms |
| Rude awakening | Incessant meowing at 5:30am | Jumped from top of bookshelf directly onto my stomach with the force of a gaily tossed 15-pound bowling ball |
| Disturbing reaction to petting | Enthusiastically rubs face on petter's feet | Tail gets puffy |
| Source of name | Objectivist cartoonist | Blended fruit beverage |
| Fitting name if human | Lord Farthington-Smythe | Big Dumb Phil |
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